Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the interactive effects of intimacy and desirability of information disclosed by another person on interpersonal perception. Ss were requested to imagine either an intimate or a non-intimate person and to read a description of behavior as being disclosed by that person. The kind of behavior described, negative, neutral or desirable, defined the desirability of information. Ss responded in terms of personalism, ingratiation, authenticity, embarrassment and interpersonal. impression. ANOVA did not indicate significant interaction in any variable including attraction which was derived from interpersonal impression through factor analysis. Interactive tendency found in personalism, however, suggested the differential effects of self-disclosure on person perception at different levels of intimacy. Partial correlations between variables were examined in order to see how self-disclosure influences person perception at different levels of intimacy. When there was an intimate relationship, attraction had a significant correlation to authenticity and embarrassment. When the relationship was not intimate, attraction had a signficant correlation to personalism and embarrassment. It was suggested that personalism plays an important role in non-intimate relationship.
